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MS. KUSTER: THAT WOULD BE
AWESOME.
I'LL RACE YOU.
JOSH: 57 PRGS OF --% -- 57% OF
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC BELIEVES
IT'S TIME TO LEGALIZE
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THE MAJORITY?
MR. LAWRENCE: YOU KNOW, THIS
STATE, I BELIEVE, HAS TAKEN
PRUDENT STEPS TO REGULATE
MARIJUANA.
I BELIEVE THAT IT IS A STATE
ISSUE.
I WOULD SUPPORT THE STATE'S
RIGHT TO REGULATE MARIJUANA AS
IT SAW FIT.
THAT'S WHY IF I WAS ELECTED TO
CONGRESS, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR
OF MAKING THE FEDERAL LAW
CONSISTENT AND REMOVING THE BAN
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL SO THAT
STATES COULD REGULATE IT.
BUT I WOULDN'T SECOND GUESS THE
STATE'S WISDOM IN THIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE.
MS. KUSTER: I THINK WE AGREE
AGAIN.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO LEARN A
LOT HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH
OUR EXPERIENCE ON THE MEDICAL
MARIJUANA.
WE'LL LEARN A LOT ON ELECTION
DAY FROM MASSACHUSETTS AND
MAINE ABOUT THEIR INITIATIVES
ON MARIJUANA.
I'VE BEEN HEARING MIXED REPORTS
BECAUSE I'M VERY INVOLVED IN
THE HEROIN EPIDEMIC.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK
IT COULD BE A GOOD THING FOR
PEOPLE WITH HIGH ANXIETY, OTHER
PEOPLE WHO I'VE MET IN RECOVERY
WHO STARTED DOWN THE PATH TO
DRUG ADDICTION WITH MARIJUANA
IN THEIR YOUNG TEENS.
SO I THINK THE JURY'S STILL
OUT.
BUT I WOULDN'T DISAGREE WITH
THIS APPROACH.
JOSH: YOU BOTH DEFER TO THE
STATE, SAYING THE THEIR
DECISION.
DO YOU THINK THAT IT'S TIME TO
LEGALIZE RENG REACTIONAL
MARIJUANA?
MS. KUSTER: I WOULD LISTEN TO
MY CONSTITUENTS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A
STATE-WIDE REFERENDUM.
FRANKLY, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF
LEARNING MORE ABOUT IT IN TERMS
OF THE SOCIETAL IMPACT,
PARTICULARLY THE PUBLIC HEALTH
IMPACT.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO LEARN A
LOT FROM COLORADO, OREGON AND
WASHINGTON STATE.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO PRESUME TO
HAVE THAT ANSWER UNTIL THE
JURY'S STILL OUT, UNTIL WE
KNOW.
MR. LAWRENCE: I WOULDN'T SECOND
GUESS THE STATE'S WISDOM ON
THAT.
IT'S MY JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE FEDERAL LAW DIDN'T ENCROACH